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The Lakers continued their winning streak and did not intend to "control the court" for a chance to touch the SuperSonics. The Rockets also had sportsmanship and beat the Kings hard, continuing to overpower the Lakers and ranking fifth.

Between the Rockets, the first home team, and the Lakers, the second home team, the mainstream opinion among Chinese fans is that they prefer the Lakers to rise to fifth place and compete with the Mavericks, while the Rockets fall to sixth place and "pick up" the SuperSonics' head.

Advance to the second round.

Although he is also one of China's representatives in the NBA, Ke Yan's popularity is still incomparable to that of Yao Ming. Fans of China hope that Ke Yan will take the "more difficult road" instead of Yao Ming.

During the period when Ke Yan was leading the team to compete with the Rockets, Nestlé officially launched an advertisement with the theme "No matter how busy I am, I want to drink a cup of coffee with you", riding on Ke Yan's popularity.

Ke Yan in the advertisement is very handsome, and his voice is very soft. In addition, the female lead in the advertisement, Chen Yanxi, perfectly corresponds to the image of a "campus goddess". Once the advertisement was aired, the visual effect like an idol drama suddenly gained popularity among young people.

It received a good response, and even his line "No matter how busy I am, I still want to drink a cup of coffee with you" became popular. It has become a popular earthy love story among young couples.

The boys combined Key Yan and Yang Ming to become the height of appearance in the basketball world, and they were known as "Key Yan in the south and Yang Ming in the north". When they saw that Keyan was from Sioux City and his place of origin perfectly matched Murong Fu, he was directly awarded the title "Keyan of Suzhou".

Girls are very interested in Keyan’s green eyes and call him the “Elf Coach”.

For Nestlé, there is no doubt that this is a successful marketing. Thanks to this wave of publicity, Ke Yan's popularity has also been confirmed, and more advertising invitations will surely flock to him in the future.

His commercial became a hit in China, but Ke Yan didn't pay much attention. At the moment, his thoughts were all on the Lakers.

On April 7, the Lakers continued to welcome the Washington Wizards at home. With Kobe's 35 points and 7 rebounds, they narrowly defeated the Wizards 115-112 and won their longest seven-game winning streak in the season. (51-27)

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The Wizards, playing away from home, took a double-digit lead at the beginning. In the subsequent game, two powerful scorers, Arenas and Jamison, played consecutive singles, helping the Wizards lead for three full quarters.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Yin and Ke Yan once again used the tried and tested blitz strategy. The small lineup of House, Finley, Kobe, Barnes, and Odom worked together to beat the Wizards 12:4 and beat the two players.

The lead was reduced to 5 points.

In the subsequent games, the scores of the two teams increased alternately.

At the critical moment, Kobe made consecutive free throws and scored 6 points, but the Wizards' "Agent Zero" failed to stand up. The Lakers successfully made a comeback in the final quarter and staged a "victory escape."

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In the game on the same day, the Rockets welcomed the Lakers' rival Clippers at home, easily defeating the Clippers 106:87, continuing to suppress the Lakers, occupying the fifth position in the Western Conference.

Ke Yan was ready to move up to fifth place and compete with the Mavericks, but he didn't expect the Rockets to refuse to give in. He didn't know whether it was better to praise Van Gundy for his sportsmanship or to scold him for being stubborn.

Anyway, domestic Rockets fans are constantly scolding Van Gundy when they see him missing opportunities.

The key is that he not only fought with the Lakers in the rankings, but also fought against Yao Ming. In winning the Clippers game, the Rockets had a huge advantage in the entire game, and Yao Ming still played 36 minutes.

Maybe it was Ke Yan's sudden rise this season that stimulated him? After all, he was the one who squeezed out Ke Yan last season. Why didn't he allow his former assistant coach to take advantage of him?

The Rockets have a "fight to the end" attitude, and Ke Yan doesn't want to continue to follow. Objectively speaking, after fighting until now, the Lakers have enough sportsmanship. The Rockets are rushing to meet the Mavericks, and Ke Yan is "

"It's hard to do anything" to take an early rotation and leave it to fate!

In the 79th game of the season, the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies 108:111 in an away game, ending their seven-game winning streak. (51-28)

In this game, Ke Yan arranged for Butler to take a rest. Butler is Ke Yan's own person, so starting from him, the players' resistance is the lowest.

In order to compete for the last spot in the playoffs, the Grizzlies players worked hard all over the game. Even Gasol threw himself on the floor to compete with Kobe Bryant for the ball. It can be seen that the Grizzlies fought hard for the first playoff trip in team history.

Damn it. If the Lakers fight against this Grizzlies team, it will cost more than the gain to injure any player.

In the last half minute of the game, Battier became the real Batman of the Grizzlies. He first hit the key three-pointer on the offensive end, and then defended Kobe alone, covering his eyes to interfere with Kobe's shot. The Lakers

Forced to execute foul tactics, Mike Miller made two free throws.

The Lakers still had a chance to drag the game into overtime, but unfortunately, Kobe's three-pointer at the buzzer missed the frame, and the team hated Memphis.

With the loss in this game, the Lakers successfully secured their sixth position in the Western Conference and basically met the SuperSonics in the first round of the playoffs.

The last three games of the season are irrelevant to the Lakers' playoff ranking. Ke Yan has also arranged for Odom, Finley and Anderson to take turns. The Lakers ended the regular season with 1 win and 2 losses.

Official, with a total record of 52 wins and 30 losses, ranking sixth in the Western Conference.

For fans and the media, this result achieved by the Lakers is basically in line with expectations before the season. From the perspective of book strength, the Lakers' sixth position in the Western Conference is very reasonable.

Of course, this does not deny Key Yan's contribution. "He took orders in times of crisis, stabilized the morale of the army, attacked magnificently, and built the team well." These praises were still concentrated on Ke Yan's head.

However, no one has yet reached this level of what Ke Yan thinks of as "turning the tide before it collapses and supporting the building before it collapses."

This season's regular season championship belongs to the Suns. D'Antoni and Nash created their own miracle together, successfully bringing a weak team last season to the height of the regular season championship. At the same time, the Suns' record of 62 wins and 20 losses was

The team is also ranked in the top three in team history, and this season is undoubtedly a success for the Suns. However, as the regular season champions, their current goal must be to become a real champion. And their first opponent,

It is the first time in team history that the Grizzlies have reached the playoffs. They are not weak, but there is a gap compared to the Suns.

The veteran Spurs are tied for second in the league with a record of 59 wins and 23 losses. Compared with the Suns, who are "offensive and defensive", the Spurs are the team with the most championship potential. However, their first-round opponent, the Nuggets, did not win.

It's not easy to deal with. Whether Anthony, a very versatile outside scorer, can hit the Spurs' pain points is the key to the game.

"Third in the Western Conference" belongs to the SuperSonics, which has the same record as the Lakers. The advantages of this team are that three-pointers are raining down from the outside, excellent defensive discipline, and a lot of "contract year" players. In order to

The potential big contract is really life-threatening. However, their style of play is somewhat restrained by the Lakers, and they are regarded by the media and fans as "the top half team most likely to overturn."

The last matchup in the Western Conference is between Texas' old rivals, the Mavericks and the Rockets. The quality of the Rockets' role players is inferior to that of the Mavericks. Unless Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady are really cheating, it will really be difficult to play.

At the end of the season, although the selection awards have been confirmed, they have not been announced yet, and the data awards have been announced first.

Kobe defeated Iverson to win the scoring title with an average of 30.7 points per game, which was the first scoring title in his career; the Timberwolves won the lottery championship with the ninth ranking in the Western Conference, but this did not hinder Garnett from playing in the field.

He averaged 13.5 rebounds and continued to lead the rebounding charts; Nash undoubtedly won the assists title with an average of 11.5 assists per game.

The playoff schedule is confirmed and will officially start on April 24. Ke Yan also immediately formulated his next schedule.

Ke Yan announced a holiday on the 21st and 22nd, and only scheduled training on the 23rd. The amount of training was very low, focusing on restoring physical strength. On the morning of the 24th, he flew to Seattle to prepare for the game against the Sonics.

That is, after announcing the team's schedule, Ke Yan came to Kupchak's office and found Kupchak.

"Mitch, I plan to leave the team after the season ends." After saying this, Ke Yan felt a lot more relaxed, and he felt that a stone that had been weighing on his heart for a long time fell.

"..." Upon hearing the news, Kupchak's reaction was very calm, and he just nodded slightly, "I will convey your decision to Mr. Bass."

The end of the Lakers and Ke Yan has reached this point, and both sides have been mentally prepared for a long time. Ke Yan emphasized that he was the "acting head coach" at the press conference as a final test. After still not getting a response, he gave up completely. So it happened later.

In the conversation with Wang Lifan, he made it clear that he might leave Los Angeles and that the two of them would enter the stage of a long-distance relationship.

Standing up and walking towards Keyan, Kupchak extended his hand to him: "Kimi, I am very grateful for everything you have done for the Lakers. Without your efforts, I am not sure the Lakers would be where they are now. I hope.

You understand, I support you, but..."

"I understand. Mr. Buss's ability to prevent the news of his contact with the new head coach from leaking out is already a great respect for me. You don't have to worry about any changes in my mentality that will affect the team's playoffs.

, I need a good result to get more attention for me, and I also hope to leave good memories for the Lakers fans. I was really happy with the Lakers in the past year." Ke Yan held Kupp's hand.

Cheke's hand, said sincerely.

"I believe in your professional ethics and that you will not embarrass the Lakers." Kupchak paused and then said, "I hope everything goes well for you."

"Thank you~"

After saying all this, Ke Yan left Kupchak's office with a somewhat complicated mood.

The reason why I chose to clarify everything before the start of the playoffs was to not leave myself any way out, and to cut off the remaining thoughts in my subconscious that "leading the team to achieve good results, and there is still hope of staying on the team." End this time.

In the playoff journey, he is destined to go to a new team and start his first chapter as a head coach, as a formal "head coach".

Where will it be? Ke Yan already has a preference in his heart!